Diorama, by Otaro

Diorama

by Otaro

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poiesis beautifully crafted record. one of the most interesting records i've come across this year in ambient/electronica Favorite track: Clockwork Junction.

𝙅𝙤𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡 Just read the description, amazing stuff! Basically a portal to extraordinary human mind. Improvised mastery, like abstract expressionist art. Layers, layers, nuances, nuances. Hypnotic. Favorite track: Sarpi Swimmers.

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1.	And the Flames Went Higher 05:56	info	buy track
2.	Organology 02:59	info	buy track
3.	Sarpi Swimmers 06:54	info	buy track
4.	The Busker I 02:25	info	buy track
5.	Rainbow Intelligence 03:19	info	buy track
6.	Etude for Broken Glass 03:14	info	buy track
7.	Rhossili Bay 03:41	info	buy track
8.	Clockwork Junction 04:26	info	buy track
9.	The Busker II 01:39	info	buy track
10.	Rock Paper Psyche 02:18	info	buy track
11.	Blossoming 06:07	info	buy track
12.	Celluloid is Burning 02:14	info	buy track

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Otaro is the electronic music project of Rik Adriaans, a Dutch modular synthesist and media anthropologist based in London. Having first started making electronic music with tracker software in the 1990s, he paused music production entirely in the mid-2000s only to return to it in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. As an academic during the daytime, he combines his musical experiments with social research and can nowadays be found doing participant observation at DIY workshops and synth events across Europe.

The compositions on Diorama are all improvised on a Eurorack modular synthesizer system. They are snapshots of the emergent properties of patch cable connections, guided by the taste of the synthesist who is inspired by ambient, krautrock and early electronic music. Most of the melodies on Diorama are generated by the careful processing of random voltages and low frequency oscillators, rather than playing or programming them by hand. Once the connections are broken and the cables are unpatched, this music is gone forever—unless, as in the case of Diorama, the record button has been pushed, turning the haphazard and accidental into destiny.

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released July 29, 2022

Performed, composed and multi-tracked by Rik Adriaans.
Recorded between March and December 2021.
Cover art by Rik Adriaans.
Produced by Rik Adriaans and Işık Sarıhan.

For more music from Otaro, see otaro.bandcamp.com

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